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NGC6418

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 17:38:9.4
Declination: +58:42:55
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift E.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, pS, R
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6418 17.5" (7/19/90): faint, very small, slightly elongated. A mag 15 star is at the east edge 17" from the center. Contains a very faint stellar nucleus or a mag 15 star involved.